Bridging the Language Barrier

Posted on July 18, 2007 by Matt Todd

As mentioned earlier, my mother-in-law’s neighbors, Thomas, Candita, and their kids, are from Austria. We played miniature golf with them in celebration of said Inlaw’s birthday this past weekend. I was talking with Candita and finally gathered up enough nerve to try speaking her language. I answered one of her questions in German.

And that’s all I had to say. She recognized my attempt at speaking her language and asked me in German if I could understand her. I answered her as well as I could in German, fighting the urge to respond in Spanish (hey – they’re both foreign to me…that counts, right?). She said, “Very good. You have good pronunciation. Most Americans stick out very quickly because they have a thick accent. Yours is very good.”

Ah, Frau French (yes, the last name of one of my German teachers French… no wonder I’m all confused!) and Frau Blice would be so proud.

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Howdy. I'm Matt. My wife, Christy, and I have four kids and two dogs, I'm passionate about orphan care. I'm a die-hard fan of the Evansville Aces, the Indiana Hoosiers, and Star Wars. I'm trying to live life by the Todd family motto: "It behooves us to live!"